State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1996 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,258 South Dakota births in 1996 across 391 distinct names.

Distinctively South Dakota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Dakota more than they say America.

#57Laneoutside the national top 200
#33Levi#163 nationally
#75Abbyoutside the national top 200
#60Brady#176 nationally
#74Preston#189 nationally
#87Tessaoutside the national top 200
#59Shania#171 nationally
#89Treyoutside the national top 200
#90Brennaoutside the national top 200
#90Carteroutside the national top 200
#92Josieoutside the national top 200
#39Riley#146 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha74US #5
#2Emily69US #1
#3Ashley65US #3
#4Jessica62US #2
#5Taylor62US #6
#6Hannah58US #7
#7Megan58US #12
#8Sarah52US #4
#9Morgan51US #25
#10Rachel51US #9
#11Courtney50US #21
#12Shelby49US #35
#13Brooke47US #45
#14Elizabeth45US #10
#15Kayla43US #11
#16Amanda39US #13
#17Alexis38US #8
#18Kelsey37US #36
#19Alyssa36US #23
#20Danielle34US #29
#21Haley34US #30
#22Madison34US #15
#23Mariah34US #63
#24Sydney34US #39
#25Brittany32US #14
#26Rebecca32US #24
#27Allison31US #38
#28Bailey30US #85
#29Paige30US #65
#30Kaitlyn28US #40
#31Brianna27US #17
#32Nicole27US #22
#33Alexandra26US #26
#34Mackenzie26US #75
#35Hailey25US #93
#36Katie25US #81
#37Abigail23US #32
#38Anna23US #33
#39Erin23US #51
#40Lauren23US #16
#41Amber21US #27
#42Jenna21US #83
#43Katherine21US #31
#44Autumn20US #104
#45Jennifer20US #19
#46Katelyn20US #64
#47Miranda20US #76
#48Breanna19US #74
#49Marissa19US #59
#50Savannah19US #43
#51Emma18US #53
#52Jordan18US #49
#53Kylie18US #111
#54Sierra18US #62
#55Caitlin17US #84
#56Kendra17US #136
#57Kristen17US #70
#58Michaela17US #102
#59Shania17US #171
#60Cheyenne16US #68
#61Kaylee16US #110
#62Mikayla16US #143
#63Lindsey15US #86
#64Madeline15US #67
#65Cassandra14US #89
#66Chelsea14US #55
#67Christina14US #57
#68Kathryn14US #87
#69Makayla14US #129
#70Sara14US #50
#71Tiffany14US #52
#72Victoria14US #18
#73Cassidy13US #109
#74Whitney13US #140
#75Abby12
#76Alicia12US #91
#77Erica12US #79
#78Jade12US #145
#79Kaitlin12US #103
#80Kimberly12US #41
#81Melissa12US #42
#82Molly12US #99
#83Heather11US #71
#84Jamie11US #96
#85Jasmine11US #28
#86Stephanie11US #20
#87Tessa11
#88Alexandria10US #77
#89Andrea10US #61
#90Brenna10
#91Gabrielle10US #54
#92Josie10
#93Kara10US #165
#94Kennedy10
#95Kiana10US #190
#96Makenzie10
#97Mckenzie10US #158
#98Michelle10US #47
#99Natasha10US #170
#100Olivia10US #34

Boys

#1Jacob132US #3
#2Tyler121US #7
#3Austin113US #9
#4Matthew101US #2
#5Zachary76US #14
#6Andrew72US #10
#7Cody70US #31
#8Joshua69US #5
#9Benjamin67US #29
#10Joseph64US #12
#11Brandon63US #8
#12Michael60US #1
#13Jordan57US #27
#14Justin57US #20
#15Nicholas57US #6
#16Tanner55US #90
#17Christopher51US #4
#18Kyle51US #25
#19Ryan51US #16
#20Samuel49US #30
#21Alexander45US #22
#22Daniel45US #11
#23Nathan45US #37
#24Dylan44US #33
#25John43US #15
#26Aaron40US #34
#27Logan40US #42
#28Alex39US #53
#29David39US #13
#30Trevor39US #63
#31Cole38US #106
#32Caleb37US #48
#33Levi36US #163
#34Adam35US #39
#35William35US #18
#36Wyatt35US #134
#37Ethan34US #62
#38Chase33US #76
#39Riley33US #146
#40Thomas33US #28
#41Hunter32US #47
#42Taylor32US #82
#43Tristan32US #68
#44Robert31US #23
#45Christian30US #24
#46Dalton29US #99
#47James29US #17
#48Mason29US #104
#49Lucas28US #93
#50Anthony25US #19
#51Connor25US #54
#52Jared25US #64
#53Noah24US #50
#54Colton23US #105
#55Jesse23US #51
#56Jonathan23US #21
#57Lane23
#58Spencer23US #109
#59Bradley22US #83
#60Brady22US #176
#61Brett22US #110
#62Derek22US #101
#63Luke22US #75
#64Blake21US #84
#65Eric21US #35
#66Evan21US #65
#67Seth21US #103
#68Timothy21US #40
#69Casey20US #142
#70Chance20US #154
#71Isaac20US #86
#72Jason20US #41
#73Mitchell20US #88
#74Preston20US #189
#75Nathaniel19US #69
#76Brian18US #36
#77Travis18US #73
#78Charles17US #43
#79Colin17US #126
#80Dustin17US #79
#81Jackson17US #136
#82Parker17US #179
#83Drew16US #165
#84Elijah16US #81
#85Cameron15US #49
#86Jake15US #114
#87Scott15US #108
#88Shane15US #112
#89Trey15
#90Carter14
#91Devin14US #60
#92Jeremy14US #56
#93Kevin14US #26
#94Sean14US #46
#95Brendan13US #131
#96Bryce13US #120
#97Devon13US #127
#98Gage13
#99Garrett13US #85
#100Isaiah13US #71

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑44Colton#54
↑39Levi#33
↑37Jenna#42
↑35Lauren#40
↑35Jared#52
↑32Shania#59
↑31Alexandra#33
↑29Mason#48

Falling

↓54Jeremy#92
↓51Stephanie#86
↓44Heather#83
↓41Seth#67
↓31Andrea#89
↓30Natasha#99
↓28Chelsea#66
↓27Miranda#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.